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View article: Improving detectability of illegal fishing activities across supply chains
Improving detectability of illegal fishing activities across supply chains Open
Improving detectability (i.e., enforcers’ capacity to detect illegal fishing activities) is vital for fisheries management, food security, and livelihoods. Identifying factors linked to higher probabilities of illegal activities and their …
View article: Drivers of environmental debris in metropolitan areas: A continental scale assessment
Drivers of environmental debris in metropolitan areas: A continental scale assessment Open
Plastic pollution is rapidly increasing, with land-based sources being the major contributors. Understanding the factors driving waste movement from land to sea is crucial for reducing leakage to the environment and its subsequent impact. …
View article: A New Seafood Import Policy for Nations to Combat Illegal Fishing
A New Seafood Import Policy for Nations to Combat Illegal Fishing Open
The environmental and social sustainability of seafood is jeopardized by rampant illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing. Regulations implemented by fishing countries and Regional Fisheries Management Organizations are insufficient to…
View article: Opportunity to Leverage Tactics Used by Skilled Fishers to Address Persistent Bycatch Challenges
Opportunity to Leverage Tactics Used by Skilled Fishers to Address Persistent Bycatch Challenges Open
Effective management of shark bycatch is urgently needed to reverse widespread population declines, especially in longline fisheries that are estimated to be responsible for half of global shark catch. Management of shark catch typically f…
View article: Predicting and assessing the impacts of COVID-19 disruption on marine science and sectors in Australia
Predicting and assessing the impacts of COVID-19 disruption on marine science and sectors in Australia Open
By March 2020 coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) was anticipated to present a major challenge to the work undertaken by scientists. This pandemic could be considered just one of the shocks that human society has had and will be likely to …
View article: Environmental law reform needed to manage trade of Australia’s threatened marine species
Environmental law reform needed to manage trade of Australia’s threatened marine species Open
Australia is reforming its ineffective Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act, which currently allows the export of four threatened species listed under the Act along with additional species recognized as globally threate…
View article: Improving Detectability of Illegal Fishing Activities Across Supply Chains
Improving Detectability of Illegal Fishing Activities Across Supply Chains Open
Improving detectability (i.e., enforcers’ capacity to detect illegal fishing activities) is crucial for fisheries management, food security and livelihoods. Identifying factors associated with higher probabilities of illegal activities and…
View article: Academic survival: student retention in sport and exercise sciences
Academic survival: student retention in sport and exercise sciences Open
Retention of higher education students is of major concern within the United Kingdom due to the financial and reputational impact on institutions, financial and personal impact on students and loss of potential skills and knowledge within …
View article: Environmental Law Reform Needed to Manage Trade of Australia’s Threatened Marine Species
Environmental Law Reform Needed to Manage Trade of Australia’s Threatened Marine Species Open
The protection and regulation of international trade of Australia’s native species is legislated by its Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act of 1999. In response to overwhelming evidence that the Act is ineffectiv…
View article: A New Seafood Import Policy for Nations to Combat Illegal Fishing
A New Seafood Import Policy for Nations to Combat Illegal Fishing Open
The environmental and social sustainability of seafood is jeopardized by rampant illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing. Regulations implemented by fishing countries and Regional Fisheries Management Organizations are insufficient to…
View article: Towards automatic anomaly detection in fisheries using electronic monitoring and automatic identification system
Towards automatic anomaly detection in fisheries using electronic monitoring and automatic identification system Open
To ensure sustainable fisheries, many complex on-vessel activities are periodically monitored to provide data to assist the assessment of stock status and ensure fishery regulations are being met. Such monitoring is often performed manuall…
View article: A New Seafood Import Policy for Nations to Combat Illegal Fishing
A New Seafood Import Policy for Nations to Combat Illegal Fishing Open
Seafood is the world’s most globally traded food commodity but lacks regulation to mitigate illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing
View article: Relationship between floating marine debris accumulation and coastal fronts in the Northeast coast of the USA
Relationship between floating marine debris accumulation and coastal fronts in the Northeast coast of the USA Open
Floating marine debris (FMD) is one of the world's most concerning issues due to its potential impact on biodiversity, communities, and ecosystem services. FMD transport and concentrations are driven by fronts, generated by oceanographic p…
View article: Seafood label quality and mislabelling rates hamper consumer choices for sustainability in Australia
Seafood label quality and mislabelling rates hamper consumer choices for sustainability in Australia Open
Seafood mislabelling and species substitution, compounded by a convoluted seafood supply chain with significant traceability challenges, hinder efforts towards more sustainable, responsible, and ethical fishing and business practices. We c…
View article: Plastics in the deep sea – a global estimate of the ocean floor reservoir
Plastics in the deep sea – a global estimate of the ocean floor reservoir Open
The exponential increase in plastic production coupled with variable global waste management system efficiencies has resulted in large amounts of plastic waste entering the ocean every year. Although we know millions of tonnes of plastic h…
View article: Global Fishing Index: a global dataset of relative biomass of fish stocks in national waters
Global Fishing Index: a global dataset of relative biomass of fish stocks in national waters Open
The Global Fishing Index (GFI) is an independent global assessment of the state of marine fisheries, measuring country-level progress towards achieving the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goal Target 14.4. This stock-level dataset …
View article: Global Fishing Index: a global dataset of relative biomass of fish stocks in national waters
Global Fishing Index: a global dataset of relative biomass of fish stocks in national waters Open
The Global Fishing Index (GFI) is an independent global assessment of the state of marine fisheries, measuring country-level progress towards achieving the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goal Target 14.4. This stock-level dataset …
View article: Debris Surveys in Three African Cities Demonstrate Influence of Local Clean-Up Efforts
Debris Surveys in Three African Cities Demonstrate Influence of Local Clean-Up Efforts Open
Plastic debris is a significant problem aesthetically, environmentally, and across food chains. Hence it is important to increase understanding of the mechanisms of how this debris is distributed and potentially managed, especially in area…
View article: Developing indicators to detect the use of fish-aggregating devices
Developing indicators to detect the use of fish-aggregating devices Open
Context The growing demand for global food security has resulted in rising fishing intensity, sometimes leading to overexploitation of fish resources, including tuna. Increasingly, fishers are using anchored fish aggregating devices (aFADs…
View article: How to estimate life history ratios to simplify data-poor fisheries assessment
How to estimate life history ratios to simplify data-poor fisheries assessment Open
Less variable than life history parameters (LHPs), it is life history ratios (LHRs) that define how taxa allocate energy between growth, maintenance and reproduction, and respond to fishing pressure. Limited by small samples, variable data…
View article: A growing plastic smog, now estimated to be over 170 trillion plastic particles afloat in the world’s oceans—Urgent solutions required
A growing plastic smog, now estimated to be over 170 trillion plastic particles afloat in the world’s oceans—Urgent solutions required Open
As global awareness, science, and policy interventions for plastic escalate, institutions around the world are seeking preventative strategies. Central to this is the need for precise global time series of plastic pollution with which we c…
View article: Seafood mislabelling in Australia
Seafood mislabelling in Australia Open
Input data for the Cundy et al. paper: Seafood label quality and mislabelling rates hamper consumer choices for sustainability in Australia. Includes .fasta files used to create a forward and reverse sequence consensus as well as .xlsx fil…
View article: Seafood mislabelling in Australia
Seafood mislabelling in Australia Open
Input data for the Cundy et al. paper: Seafood label quality and mislabelling rates hamper consumer choices for sustainability in Australia. Includes .fasta files used to create a forward and reverse sequence consensus as well as .xlsx fil…
View article: Seafood mislabelling in Australia
Seafood mislabelling in Australia Open
Input data for the Cundy et al. paper: Seafood label quality and mislabelling rates hamper consumer choices for sustainability in Australia. Includes .fasta files used to create a forward and reverse sequence consensus as well as .xlsx fil…
View article: Nutrients and seabird biogeography: Feather elements differ among oceanic basins in the Southern Hemisphere, reflecting bird size, foraging range and nutrient availability in seawater
Nutrients and seabird biogeography: Feather elements differ among oceanic basins in the Southern Hemisphere, reflecting bird size, foraging range and nutrient availability in seawater Open
Aim Biodiversity hotspots in wide‐ranging marine species typically overlap with regions of high productivity, which are often associated with nutrient‐rich waters. Here we investigate how element concentrations in feathers vary among highl…
View article: Diversity of global fisheries governance: Types and contexts
Diversity of global fisheries governance: Types and contexts Open
Fisheries governance systems designed to regulate fishing are often described as being highly diverse across countries. However, there is little systematic work that directly examines and describes the (dis)similarities across such systems…